Osric
Osric is an Anglo-Saxon name, compounded from the elements os "god"[1] and the Old English descendant of the proto-Germanic name-element *rīks "ruler".[2]
People called Osric include:
one of several Anglo-Saxon kings:
- Osric of Deira, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira in the 630s
- Osric of Northumbria, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in the 720s
- Osric of Sussex, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex in the early 8th century
- Osric of the Hwicce, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Hwicce in the late 7th century
in fiction:
- Osric, a courtier in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet
- Osric, a prince in Roger Zelazny's fantasy series The Chronicles of Amber
others:
- Osric Chau, actor
See also
- OSRIC, short for 'Old School Reference and Index Compilation', a fantasy role-playing game
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- ^ Julia Cresswell, Naming Your Baby: The Definitive Dictionary of First Names (A&C Black, 2008), p. 183 (s.v. Osbert) ISBN 9780713683134.
- ^ Patric Sims-Williams, 'The Celtic Languages', in The Indo-European Languages, ed. by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paolo Ramat (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 345-79 (p. 351) ISBN 041506449X.